Met Ball 2011 Date Night

For many of the Stars they chose to make the Met Ball their date night. Here are a few of the uber stylish couples that walked the red carpet together. Love was definitely in the air

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From Top Left:
1. Miranda Kerr in Marchesa with husband Orland Bloom
2. Alicia Keys in Givenchy with husband Swizz Beats
3. Claire Danes in Clavin Klein with husband Hugh Dancy
4. Beyonce in Pucci with husband Jay Z
5. Patrick Dempsey with wife Jillian Fink
6. Ryan Seacrest with girlfriend Julianne Hough in Burberry
7. Jennifer Lopez in Gucci with husband Marc Anthony
8. Christina Hendrix in Carolina Herrera with husband Geoffrey Arend
9. Jessica Alba in Ralph Lauren with husband Cash Warren
10. Lily Aldridge in Ralph Lauren Collection with husband to be Caleb Followill

Carmelo Anthony with wife Lala Vasquez in Vera Wang

Mick Jagger with Girlfriend
and designer
L'Wren Scott
wearing her own design

Maggie Gyllenhaal wearing
Stella McCartney
and husband Peter Sarsgaard

John Ledgend with
Girlfriend Chrissy Teigen
wearing Chris March

I have to admit I would have loved to have seen Victoria and David Beckham there on the night. With all the fabulous Yummy Mummys there including Expectant Yummy Mummys Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba in gorgeous, figure and bump flattering dresses that weren't reminiscant of a tent Victoria would could have had the chance to really show off the bump and her style at the same time. However enough of the if's and buts
Here's my style couple of the evening, Lala Vasquez and Carmelo Anthony. Both look FABULOUS!! She looks truly stunning and Carmelo, well some things are just made perfect. And of course the outfits were both gorgeous.

Met Ball 2011 Style Stars

For the Met Ball, the style was beyond AMAZING but there were definitely a few that stood out to me, both good and bad. Here are some of my favourites

Doutzen Kroes in Giambattista Valli

I picked these two outfits for the simple reason as both girls have absolutely stayed true to their own style, Janelle Monae with her signature Menswear look and Jessica Szohr with her boho look and the fact the she is also in Topshop is kind of cool.

From Left Roasario Dawson in Diane Von Furstenburg, Shalom Harlow in Marchesa and Ashley Green in Donna Karen

Jessica Stam in Tommy Hilfiger

Crystal Renn in Zac Posen

I love how unusual Crystal Renn's dress is. When it comes to the Met Ball the thought that springs to mind is go big or go home so I think this fits the bill perfectly. But isn't Crystal Renn supposed to be flying the flag for the Real Women

Freida Pinto in Chanel

I love the individuality of this dress, it's doesn't have thh Princess effect of alot of the dresses and it was one of the only white dresses on show on the night. It fits her like a glove and her figure is amazing. And don't even get me started on how amazing her skin is..

Jennifer Hudson in Vera Wang

Simply WOW.. Stunner!

Isabel Lucas in Louis Vuitton

I think Isable Lucas is one of the most beautiful girls in the industry at the moment, from her humble beginnings in Home and Away she has done so well. I love all these pieces but I think altogether is slightly overpowering. That simple rule of take off one accessory before you leave the house would have definitely been worth following on this occassion. I think if she took off the earrings and changed them for a simple stud it would have been alot nicer. Still like it though.

Maggie Q in Tadashi Shoji

Bar Rafaeli unsure of Designer

Lea Michele in Escada

So these were a few of my favourite dresses that I haven't already shown you. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Blake Lively's dress by Chanel and also Love Taylor Swift's dress by J Mendel Couture. There are also a few dresses in the Date Night post that I love Mainly Jessica Alba in Ralph Lauren and my favourite Lala Vasquez's dress designed by Vera Wang. What did you think? Who were your favourites?

Honouring AlexanderMcQueen, Met Ball 2011

On the night of the Met Ball, Many of the stars honoured the Late Alexander McQueen by wearing his designs and showed their support for Sarah Burton by wearing designs by her for Alexander McQueen.

Sarah Burton wearing her own design

Chloe Sevingy in Alexander McQueen

Anna Della Russo in Current Season
Alexander McQueen

Gisele in Alexander McQueen

Sarah Jessica Parker
in Alexander McQueen

Karen Elson in the dress
she modelled
for Alexander McQueen
SS'04 runway

Coco Rocha in Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

Daphne Guinness in Sarah Burton
for Alexander McQueen

Estee Lauder Model Hilary Rhoda
in Alexander McQueen

Naomi Campbell in Sarah Burton for
Alexander McQueen

The Met Ball this year was kicking off the exhibit of Alexander McQueens Savage Beauty Collection at the Metropolitain Museum of Art Costume Institute, which is open to the public until July.
Titled "Savage Beauty", the exhibit is a retrospective of more than two decades of McQueen's work and will include pieces from his MA graduate collection from Central St Martins College of Art, couture pieces from his years as Givenchy's creative director, as well as pieces from his namesake collection up to his final one, which was shown posthumously in Paris just a few weeks after his suicide.
Pieces were taken from private collections, archives, and from the late Isabella Blow's personal collection, which was bought by Daphne Guinness.Would love to be in the position to check it out. Here are a few pictures taken from the exhibits catalogue

What do you think? Are you fans of Alexander McQueen. Would you give anything to go to the Met Ball? I have a few more posts to do on the Ball, Style Stars and Who did date night I also have this weeks Trend of the Week and I have a special post that quite personal, in a sense, ready to go up but unfortunately I also have exams next week so I'm trying to be good and get my head down to study but the fashion doesn't stop

Met Ball 2011

Oh to be a guest on that red carpet or even a fly on the wall. The fashion, the style, the glamour. I think if I had been there the level of Fabulousness may have been too much. New York's biggest industry party of the year was kicked off on the 2nd when Daphne Guinness dressed in the window of Barneys' flagship store to go to last night's Metropolitain Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala which this year was honouring the late and great Alexander McQueen. The ball marked the opening of the Metropolitan Museum's latest fashion exhibit at the revered Costume Institute. The Ball was hosted by Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of American Vogue, , with co-chairs Colin Firth, designer Stella McCartney and Salma Hayek.

Anna Wintour and Bee Schafer

Colin Firth and Livia Giuggioli

Salma Hayek in
Alexander McQueen

Stella McCartney wearing
her own design

The Met ball is the oscars for the East Coast, the most important fashion event of the year as you get to see the designers on the red carpet, not just their clothes. Each designer brings their current muse or the face of their advertising campaign for the season.

Karl Lagerfeld with Muse of the moment and
face of Chanel, Blake Lively

Diane Kruger with Jason Wu wearing his design

Nicole Richie in a Vintage 1930 gown
with Britt Maren wearing custom Winter Kate
and a custom House of Harlow 1960 headpiece

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From the top
1. Mia Wasikowska with Thakoon wearing his designs
2. Ashley Olsen wiht Christian Louboutin wearing Vintage Christian Dior Haute Couture and Louboutin Shoes
3. Michael Kors with Dianna Agron in his design
4. Rrancisco Costa and Zoe Saldana in calvin-klein
5. Taylor Swift in J-Mendel with Gilles Mendel
6. Tom Ford with Carolyn Murphy in his design
7. Valentino and Natalia Vodianova in his design
8. Amare Stoudemire and Rachel Roy
9. Zac Posen with Christina Ricci in his design
10. Florence Welch who performed on the night, with Stefano Pilati wearing Yves SAint Laurent
11. Lily Donaldson in Erdem with Erdem Moralioglu
12. Margherita Missoni and Joy Bryant both in Missoni
13. Prabal Gurung and Elettra Wiedemann Rossellini in her grandmother Ingrid Bergmans dress that Gurung-modified
14. Rosie Huntington Whiteley in Burberry with Christopher Bailey
15. Tamara Mellon with Thandie Newton in Stella McCartney
16. Tory Burch with Kanye in her design

Oh to have one of those designers on speed dial, now that's anambition worth striving towards. And look at Ashley Olsen and Christian Louboutin bezzie mates, what I wouldn't do....